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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.28
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 28
- matta-dvirepha-vanamālikayā nivītau
- vinyastayāsita-catuṣṭaya-bāhu-madhye
- vaktraṁ bhruvā kuṭilayā sphuṭa-nirgamābhyāṁ
- raktekṣaṇena ca manāg rabhasaṁ dadhānau
mattaintoxicated — intoxicated; dvibees-rephabees — bees; vanawith a garland of fresh flowers-mālikayāwith a garland of fresh flowers — with a garland of fresh flowers; nivītauhanging on the neck — hanging on the neck; vinyastayāplaced around — placed around; asitablue — blue; catuṣṭayafour — four; bāhuhands — hands; madhyebetween — between; vaktramface — face; bhruvāwith their eyebrows — with their eyebrows; kuṭilayāarched — arched; sphuṭasnorting — snorting; nirgamābhyāmbreathing — breathing; raktareddish — reddish; īkṣaṇenawith eyes — with eyes; caand — and; manāksomewhat — somewhat; rabhasamagitated — agitated; dadhānauglanced over — glanced over.
The two doormen were garlanded with fresh flowers which attracted intoxicated bees and which were placed around their necks and between their four blue arms. From their arched eyebrows, discontented nostrils and reddish eyes, they appeared somewhat agitated.
Their garlands attracted swarms of bees because they were garlands of fresh flowers. In the Vaikuṇṭha world everything is fresh, new and transcendental. The inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha have bodies of bluish color and four hands like Nārāyaṇa.